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Between 1984 and 1992, Bud Clark was the mayor of Portland, Oregon. Clark owned a Portland bar, and in 1979, he did a poster in which he stood facing a nude statue. His bare legs could be seen beneath an open raincoat.

After Gerald Ford tripped on the stairs leaving Air Force One, Chevy Chase worked this tripping into his act.

Ford appreciated Chase’s humor, and in 1986 he hosted a “Humor and Presidency Symposium at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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At Ohio State University, Gerald Ford opened a speech by telling the audience, “So much has happened in the few months since you were kind enough to invite me to speak here today. I was then America’s first instant Vice-President, and then I became America’s first instant President.

The Marine Corps Band is so confused they don’t know whether to play, ‘Hail to the Chief,” or ‘You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.’”

During the Korean War, Madison Avenue was riding high, and this same battle condition was now called “Operational Exhaustion.” We’re up to eight syllables now, and the humanity has been squeezed out completely. It’s totally sterile now.

The phrase “Shock and Awe” has been trademarked by the Japanese electronics giant Sony for use in computer games. Sony registered “Shock and Awe” just one day after the US and British forces started the war in Iraq. Sony planed to have a Shock and Awe PlayStation game on sale in the US, but was doubtful about shipping the game to Europe due to political sensitivities on that side of the Atlantic about the invasion of Iraq. (Dahdal 9)

Bostdorff, D. M. “Vice-Presidential Comedy and the Traditional Female Role: An Examination of the Rhetorical Characteristics of the Vice Presidency.” Western Journal of Speech Communication 55.1 (1991): 1-27.